DUBLIN, Ohio – The Collegiate Services Division of The Team: Sports, Entertainment, and Media has added a pair of clients to its college consulting practice, Collegiate Services Director Frank Pergolizzi announced.

Manatee Community College, located in Bradenton, Fla., and Crown College, located in St. Bonifacius, Minn., have both retained The Team to provide advice and counsel as it relates to fundraising and other departmental issues.

The Team will be working with Athletic Director Peter Boucher at Manatee Community College and Athletic Director Jim Hunter at Crown College.

“We are excited to add those two great institutions to our growing list of clients,” said Frank Pergolizzi, Director of The Team’s Collegiate Services Division. “Both Peter and Jim are young and enthusiastic athletic directors who are doing outstanding jobs at their respective schools and we look forward to assisting them as they continue to build and develop their athletics programs.”

Pergolizzi spent nearly two decades as an NCAA Division I Director of Athletics, most recently at Southeastern Louisiana University. He also had stints as an Athletics Director at East Tennessee State University and Saint Francis (Pa.) College.

The Team: Sports, Entertainment, & Media's Collegiate Services Division, launched in July 2006, offers an array of products and services to college athletics administrators, including certification consultation, strategic planning, program review, feasibility studies, gender equity and compliance consulting, and financial services.

Based in Dublin, Ohio, The Team began operations in January 2002 and has successfully managed transactions for an array of entities throughout the sports and entertainment industries, including teams at all levels, venues, buyers, sellers, licensed products, television and media projects, feature films, and other related businesses.

Along with brokering professional sports and entertainment opportunities, The Team also offers comprehensive consulting services to sports and entertainment organizations throughout North America.